Mark Kleiman at the Reality-Based Community writes:
It turns out that the escort or escorts Vitter hired from the Palfrey service weren't his only experience with commercial sex. Vitter carried on an affair of several months' duration with a prostitute — pardon me, that's "sex worker" — from the French Quarter....
So much is public. Now here's the news.
It isn't yet public, though apparently it's widely known in Louisiana political circles, that Vitter's commercial romance was blessed with issue. Reportedly his natural child now lives with her mother in Alexandria, VA. That they are receiving financial support from the Senator has not been shown.
Noladishu adds:
I'd heard about this one before, but there was no way I was going to be the first to write about it. One thing I've also heard is this is yet another mistress (in addition to Wendy Cortez, Canal Street, and DC; whore #4 if you're keeping score at home).
Actually, according to Larry Flynt, there's five prostitutes in New Orleans alone that are connected to Vitter.
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt said he has linked "five prostitutes in New Orleans" with Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a "family values" advocate.
Flynt said the five would share in a $1 million bounty his magazine offered for those who provide credible information about sexual infidelities of politicians in Congress who back family values.
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Vitter has attacked “any similarity of gay rights” and campaigned on the “sanctity of marriage,” Flynt said. He co-authored the proposed federal constitutional amendment that would have banned gay marriage or civil unions nationally.
“I don’t want a man like that legislating for me, especially in the areas of morality,” Flynt said. “This is payback time. Payback is a bitch.”
Remember, a call from an investigative reporter working for Hustler prompted Vitter to apologize for his "serious sin", which presumably involved the D.C. Madam's escort service. What will Vitter do in response to these additional allegations made by Hustler? Or will he continue to quietly hide out in Metairie and wait for more embarrassing revelations to surface?
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Update: The AP reports on Vitter's seclusion:
Vitter, meanwhile, stayed out of sight. For a second straight day Wednesday, the Louisiana Republican was a no-show in the Capitol, missing votes on Iraq policy and leaving colleagues unsure of his whereabouts or his possible return.---
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“I wouldn't be surprised if he's gone all week,” said Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.
Update #2: Vitter's office issued a statement this afternoon saying "Senator Vitter is with his wife Wendy and with his children and is looking forward to returning to work soon."
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